M 6.3 in Vanuatu on 20 Mar 2019 15:23 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1173954
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 119 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.5952 , 167.6506
Event Date: 20 Mar 2019 15:23 UTC
21 Mar 2019 02:23 Local
Exposed Population: About 4000 people in MMI
110000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2019 22:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us1000jj9r Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1.12      
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 7 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Pacific ReviewFri, 22 Mar 2019 23:06:00 +0100.

In this edition: No free ride for Solomon Islands' next batch of MPs, as tax is reimposed on their salaries. The chocolate growers of Bougainville on the look out for niche markets in Australia and beyond. And the 10 year old "wonderboy" wh
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Vanuatu earthquake: Huge 6.3 magnitude quake strikes island visited by ... Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:23:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey has recorded massive tremors on the island of Vanuatu. Located in the small island nation off the coast of Peru, a magnitude of 6.3 has been detected. The earthquake could cause death and massive economic
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Vanuatu earthquake: Huge 6.3 magnitude quake strikes island visited by ... Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:14:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey has recorded massive tremors on the island of Vanuatu. Located in the small island nation off the coast of Peru, a magnitude of 6.1 has been detected. The earthquake could cause death and massive economic
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REUTERS - Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes east of Luganville, Vanuatu - US ... Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:52:00 +0100.

Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes east of Luganville, Vanuatu - USGS. Contributed by NAMPA / Reuters. March 20 (Reuters) - A quake of magnitude 6.3 struck 64 kms east of Luganville on the coast of Espiritu Santo, the largest island in Vanuatu, on
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),